The mission of the Division of STD Prevention (DSTDP) at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is to provide national leadership, research, policy development, and scientific information to help people live safer, healthier lives by the prevention of STDs and their complications. This mission is accomplished by assisting health departments, healthcare providers and non-government organizations (NGO) through the provision of timely science-based information and by clearly interpreting such information to the general public and policy makers. The Division’s specific disease prevention goals are contextualized within the broader framework of the social determinants of health, the promotion of sexual health, and the primary prevention of sexually transmitted disease.

Goals and Strategic Plan

DSTPD’s seven strategic goals are:

Prevent STI-related infertility

Prevent STI-related adverse outcomes of pregnancy

Prevent STI-related cancers

Prevent STI-related HIV transmission

Strengthen STD prevention capacity and infrastructure

Reduce STD health disparities across and within communities and populations

Address the effects of the social and economic determinants and the costs of specific STDs and associated sequelae among specific populations